[scifinoir2] FW: Open Letter to the NY Post from John Legend
Message ahar...@earthlink.net Eloquently said! MORE NEWS | MOBILE | PHOTOS | EVENTS | MYSPACE | LATEST NEWS FROM JOHN LEGEND Open Letter to the New York Post Dear Editor: I'm trying to understand what possible motivation you may have had for publishing that vile cartoon depicting the shooting of the chimpanzee that went crazy. I guess you thought it would be funny to suggest that whomever was responsible for writing the Economic Recovery legislation must have the intelligence and judgment of a deranged, violent chimpanzee, and should be shot to protect the larger community. Really? Did it occur to you that this suggestion would imply a connection between President Barack Obama and the deranged chimpanzee? Did it occur to you that our President has been receiving death threats since early in his candidacy? Did it occur to you that blacks have historically been compared to various apes as a way of racist insult and mockery? Did you intend to invoke these painful themes when you printed the cartoon? If that's not what you intended, then it was stupid and willfully ignorant of you not to connect these easily connectable dots. If it is what you intended, then you obviously wanted to be grossly provocative, racist and offensive to the sensibilities of most reasonable Americans. Either way, you should not have printed this cartoon, and the fact that you did is truly reprehensible. I can't imagine what possible justification you have for this. I've read your lame statement in response to the outrage you provoked. Shame on you for dodging the real issue and then using the letter as an opportunity to attack Rev. Sharpton. This is not about Rev. Sharpton. It's about the cartoon being blatantly racist and offensive. I believe in freedom of speech, and you have every right to print what you want. But freedom of speech still comes with responsibilities and consequences. You are responsible for printing this cartoon, and I hope you experience some real consequences for it. I'm personally boycotting your paper and won't do any interviews with any of your reporters, and I encourage all of my colleagues in the entertainment business to do so as well. I implore your advertisers to seriously reconsider their business relationships with you as well. You should print an apology in your paper acknowledging that this cartoon was ignorant, offensive and racist and should not have been printed. I'm well aware of our country's history of racism and violence, but I truly believe we are better than this filth. As we attempt to rise above our difficult past and look toward a better future, we don't need the New York Post to resurrect the images of Jim Crow to deride the new administration and put black folks in our place. Please feel free to criticize and honestly evaluate our new President, but do so without the incendiary images and rhetoric. Sincerely, John Legend DOWNLOAD EVOLVER HERE: iTunes | Amazon | Rhapsody | Napster | Zune Visit johnlegend.com for more news. EVOLVER Order from: MyPlay Amazon iTunes BIO Check out JOHN LEGEND's bio here! PHOTOS Check out JOHN LEGEND's latest photos here! VIDEOS Check out JOHN LEGEND's new Videos here! Trouble Reading This? Click Here for an HTML Version. This email was sent to dbjeff...@hotmail.com Click here if you no longer wish to receive mailings from the John Legend newsletter or to view or update your subscriptions. This email was sent by: Sony Music Entertainment | 550 Madison Avenue 24th Floor | New York, NY 10022 Click here to view our privacy policy. COLUMBIA and the Columbia
[scifinoir2] FW: Open Letter to the NY Post from John Legend
http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/1668/0/ JOHN LEGEND MORE http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/1668/0/ NEWS | MOBILE http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/245241/0/ | PHOTOS http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/238310/0/ | EVENTS http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/245242/0/ | MYSPACE http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/245243/0/ | LATEST NEWS FROM JOHN LEGEND Open Letter to the New York Post Dear Editor: I'm trying to understand what possible motivation you may have had for publishing that vile cartoon depicting the shooting of the chimpanzee that went crazy. I guess you thought it would be funny to suggest that whomever was responsible for writing the Economic Recovery legislation must have the intelligence and judgment of a deranged, violent chimpanzee, and should be shot to protect the larger community. Really? Did it occur to you that this suggestion would imply a connection between President Barack Obama and the deranged chimpanzee? Did it occur to you that our President has been receiving death threats since early in his candidacy? Did it occur to you that blacks have historically been compared to various apes as a way of racist insult and mockery? Did you intend to invoke these painful themes when you printed the cartoon? If that's not what you intended, then it was stupid and willfully ignorant of you not to connect these easily connectable dots. If it is what you intended, then you obviously wanted to be grossly provocative, racist and offensive to the sensibilities of most reasonable Americans. Either way, you should not have printed this cartoon, and the fact that you did is truly reprehensible. I can't imagine what possible justification you have for this. I've read your lame statement in response to the outrage you provoked. Shame on you for dodging the real issue and then using the letter as an opportunity to attack Rev. Sharpton. This is not about Rev. Sharpton. It's about the cartoon being blatantly racist and offensive. I believe in freedom of speech, and you have every right to print what you want. But freedom of speech still comes with responsibilities and consequences. You are responsible for printing this cartoon, and I hope you experience some real consequences for it. I'm personally boycotting your paper and won't do any interviews with any of your reporters, and I encourage all of my colleagues in the entertainment business to do so as well. I implore your advertisers to seriously reconsider their business relationships with you as well. You should print an apology in your paper acknowledging that this cartoon was ignorant, offensive and racist and should not have been printed. I'm well aware of our country's history of racism and violence, but I truly believe we are better than this filth. As we attempt to rise above our difficult past and look toward a better future, we don't need the New York Post to resurrect the images of Jim Crow to deride the new administration and put black folks in our place. Please feel free to criticize and honestly evaluate our new President, but do so without the incendiary images and rhetoric. Sincerely, John Legend DOWNLOAD http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/245245/0/ EVOLVER HERE: iTunes http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/245245/0/ | Amazon http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/245246/0/ | Rhapsody http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/245247/0/ | Napster http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/245248/0/ | Zune http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/245249/0/ Visit johnlegend.com http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/1668/0/ for more news. EVOLVER http://www.sonybmgcrm.com/labels/crg/columbia/johnlegend/email/evolver/image s/preorder.jpgOrder from: MyPlay http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/245250/0/ Amazon http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/266147/0/ iTunes http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/245245/0/ BIO http://www.sonybmgcrm.com/labels/crg/columbia/johnlegend/email/evolver/image s/webisode.jpg Check out JOHN LEGEND's bio here http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/238326/0/ ! PHOTOS http://www.sonybmgcrm.com/labels/crg/columbia/johnlegend/email/evolver/image s/webisode.jpgCheck out JOHN LEGEND's latest photos here http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/238310/0/ ! VIDEOS http://www.sonybmgcrm.com/labels/crg/columbia/johnlegend/email/evolver/image s/video.jpgCheck out JOHN LEGEND's new Videos here http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/240422/0/ ! http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/1779229/26706322/821/0/
